Bangladesh, Sept. 8 -- Overall inflation has somewhat eased for a second consecutive month as official count put the rate at 8.26 per cent for August on account of little lower food cost.

Yet, according to official data, villagers across Bangladesh go on struggling with higher price indices with a hike in the last month again.

And the rate of non-food inflation stayed steeply high, affecting all across the board, economists say.

The point-to-point inflation rate in August had fallen to 8.26 per cent, down 0.06-percentage points from 8.32 per cent in the previous month of July, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data released on Monday showed.

Inflationary pressure is particularly biting the rural people as it was registered at 8.3...